{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-parks-and-wildlife-code-71.015","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 71.015","heading":"PENALTIES.","body":"(a) Except as provided in another subsection of this section, a person who violates any provision of this chapter or proclamation under this chapter commits an offense that is a Class C Parks and Wildlife Code misdemeanor.\n(b) If it is shown at the trial of the defendant that he has been convicted once within the preceding 36 months of a violation of this chapter or a proclamation under this chapter, on conviction he shall be punished for a Class B Parks and Wildlife Code misdemeanor.\n(c) If it is shown at the trial of the defendant that he has been convicted two or more times within the preceding 60 months of a violation of this chapter or a proclamation under this chapter, on conviction he shall be punished for a Class A Parks and Wildlife Code misdemeanor.\nActs 1975, 64th Leg., p. 1405, ch. 545, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1975. Amended by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 2737, ch. 748, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981; Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 267, art. 3, Sec. 79, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.","path":["PARKS AND WILDLIFE CODE","TITLE 5. WILDLIFE AND PLANT CONSERVATION","SUBTITLE C. FUR-BEARING ANIMALS","CHAPTER 71. LICENSES AND REGULATIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PW/htm/PW.71.htm#71.015","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:32Z","sha256":"e4099171ff6dc757e5f411c9b0e4e76034bf5f3109db700933b4953f2a27f634","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-parks-and-wildlife-code-71.014","next":"us-tx/tex.-parks-and-wildlife-code-75.0101"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}